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Have you ever wondered
what to wear for your Senior Portraits? We have a few simple suggestions that should make it easy! |
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| Bring What's
Important To You! Your senior portraits should reflect who you are and help tell your story. Bring those things that define your time in high school and your senior year. Items may include: Car, letter jacket, uniforms, sports equipment, awards, musical instruments, mums, prom dress, best friend, pets, snow board, dancewear, yearbooks and anything else that is important to you! | |||
| Eliminate Distractions!
In general, we prefer darker colors and long sleeves! This helps in a number of ways. First, we want the attention to be on your face, and the long sleeves help eliminate distractions created by bare arms. Your eye goes to the darkest part of a "light" image and the lightest part of a "dark" image. If we are taking pictures outdoors and you are wearing light colored clothing, the eye will generally go to the clothing before it goes to the face. The light clothing then competes for that attention! | |||
| If you wear darker clothes, but short sleeve or sleeveless garments, the bare arms call for attention. Realize too, that if two people are in the image, there are 2 faces but four arms! | |||
| Good color choices would be navy, greens, browns, reds, black, and darker blues. Denim is great. Avoid pastels, pinks, yellows, and other pale colors. | |||
| Solid
Suggestions! For most portraits, solid colors are appropriate. This is not to say that you can never wear anything with a pattern or multi-color. The clothes should say something about who you are without being a distraction. Generally, solid colors will make your portrait more "timeless". | |||
| Solid colors within the same color family are most appropriate for photographs with two or more people, where we are trying to convey a sense of unity. (EX. Boyfriend or Girlfriend, Brother or Sister) If everyone wears something with completely different colors, it is like having individual pictures. | |||
| When one person is in a solid with the other in a busy pattern, the patterned outfit will be a considerable distraction. With images of two or more, it helps to stay within the same color family! For example, you could match blue denim with navy. | |||